chiropractic
カイロプラクティック
解説 Definition
chiropractic は、背骨や関節の調整を中心とする手技療法、つまりカイロプラクティックを指します。日本語のカタカナ語とほぼ同じ意味ですが、英語では医療・代替医療の分野名として名詞的にも形容詞的にも使われます。
A system of health care that focuses mainly on diagnosing and treating certain musculoskeletal problems through manual adjustment or manipulation, especially of the spine. The word can also modify nouns such as “care” or “treatment.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
語を chiro-「手」と practic-「行う・施す」に分け、「手で施す療法」と捉えます。chiropractic care、chiropractic treatment の形で、背骨や関節を手技で調整する分野を指します。massage は主に筋肉をもむ施術、physiotherapy は運動療法なども含むため、同じものと決めつけないのが要点です。
Break chiropractic into chiro-, meaning “hand,” and a part related to practice or doing. This gives the useful memory image “treatment performed by hand.” Associate it with common phrases such as chiropractic care, chiropractic treatment, and study chiropractic. The field particularly emphasizes manual adjustment of the spine and joints. Do not treat it as an exact synonym of massage, which mainly works on soft tissue, or physiotherapy, which may use exercise, education, and several other treatment methods in addition to hands-on techniques.
例文
She studied chiropractic at a college in the United States.
彼女はアメリカの大学でカイロプラクティックを学びました。
The clinic offers chiropractic care for back pain.
そのクリニックでは腰痛向けのカイロプラクティック施術を提供しています。
He asked his doctor whether chiropractic treatment was suitable for his condition.
彼は自分の症状にカイロプラクティック治療が合うかどうか医師に尋ねました。
chiropractic の類義語・関連語
類義語
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chiropractic の語源・成り立ち Etymology
chiropractic はギリシャ語 kheir「手」と praktikos「実行する・施す」由来の要素を組み合わせた語です。文字どおりは「手で行う施術」で、器具より手技を重視する療法名だと分かります。関連語に chirography、practice があります。
Chiropractic was formed from Greek-derived elements: cheir or kheir, meaning “hand,” and praktikos, meaning “concerned with action” or “practical.” The name therefore conveys the idea of something practiced or performed by hand. It was coined as the name of a system of manual treatment and became established in English in the late nineteenth century. The chiro- element also appears in words such as chirography, while the second element is historically related to practice and practical.
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